Dear Fil, Teena and Geoff,
Thank you for your messages.
My concern is that we are simply associating activities that happen together
and that there is no validly justifiable conflation between 'research' and
'writing', i.e. they are different activities.
This is associated with a more significant problem when it is presumed,
without other valid justification, that it's possible to infer things from
the associated activity (in this case writing) about the activity in focus
(research).
A parallel. I'm undertaking research and doing all sorts of other associated
things at the same time (in the similar manner to writing); for example,
'sitting in a chair' and 'wearing trousers'. Both have the same kind of
associated relationship to research as does writing.
The claim that 'research is largely a process of writing' seems to me to
have about the same validity and relevance and offer similar levels of valid
inferences as the claim 'research is largely a process of wearing
trousers'.
I realise that there is substantial literature about research and writing,
I'm suggesting it is unhelpful or wrong in its inferences.
This leads to the question, 'Is there a valid reason that the concept of
'writing' should be given some kind of privileged status over the concept
of 'wearing trousers' in relation to research?'
At the moment, I can't see one, and that suggests it is better to clearly
distinguish between 'research' and 'writing' as distinctly different
activities.
I'd love to hear it if you have proof that ' There a valid reason that the
concept of 'writing' should be given some kind of privileged status over
the concept of 'wearing trousers' in relation to research'
Best wishes,
Terry
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Terry, Geoff, et al
Suggestion: mathematical research, where the writing of the math is
pretty much the only way to externalize a thought?
Cheers.
Fil
On 16 June 2011 20:43, Terence Love <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Geoff,
> You wrote, 'Some research ...is conducted largely as a process of
writing.'
> Please could you say more.
> I can see research being conducted alongside a process of writing but am
> having difficulty seeing it AS a process of writing.
> Best wishes,
> Terry
>
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